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     How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
         The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
         sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number.
     I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
-        The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches
+        The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
-        that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before
+        patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode.
-        reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download
+        Before reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please
-        and install the genuine version
+        download and install the genuine version
         (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the
         problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific
         to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the
         Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug).
            URxvt.termName: rxvt
         If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also
         replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
+    "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
+        Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it
+        by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
     "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
     I need a termcap file entry.
         One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
         operating systems still compile some programs using the
         that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font.
         All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their
         bounding box data is correct.
+    On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
+        Seems to be a known bug, read
+        <http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
+        following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
+           #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
     My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
         The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not
         set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported
         by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and
         your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose
         As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl
         nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal
         representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with
         respect to standards.
+        However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1"
+        and "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t.
-        However, "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support
+        "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language
-        multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and
+        apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
-        non-standardized) representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to
+        representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between
-        convert between wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and
+        wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other
-        any other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for
+        encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
-        each and every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t
+        every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t into
-        into anything except the current locale encoding.
+        anything except the current locale encoding.
         Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this
         by carrying their own replacement functions for character set
         handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or
         doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the
         emulator).
         The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in
         the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app
         to carry complete replacements for them :)
+    I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
+        Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst
+        problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem.
+    How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
+        rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
+        the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
+        longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
+        single font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or
+        "-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as
+        the old libW11 emulation.
+        At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any
+        multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are
+        likely limited to 8-bit encodings.
     How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
     Is there an option to switch encodings?
         Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch,
         and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't
         it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
     Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
         Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely,
         as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to
-        disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialiasing=false"), which
+        disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialias=false"), which saves
-        saves lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
+        lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
     Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
         Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
         fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
         fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It
            URxvt.color14:      #73f7ff
            URxvt.color7:       #e1dddd
            URxvt.color15:      #e1dddd
     How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?
-        Despite it's name, rxvtd is not a real daemon, but more like a
+        Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the
-        server that answers rxvtc's requests, so it doesn't background
+        listening socket and then fork.
-        itself.
-        To ensure rxvtd is listening on it's socket, you can use the
-        following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
-          { rxvtd & } | read
     What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
         Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
         BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
         question) there are two standard values that can be used for
        XK_KP_8         8                                               ESC O x
        XK_KP_9         9                                               ESC O y
 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
     General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
-    hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the
+    hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
-    ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
+    the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by
-    so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
+    myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you
-    report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann
+    should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be
-    <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
+    fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
+    All
     --enable-everything
-        Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
+        Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
-        --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order
+        "./configure --help".
-        dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this
-        enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands.
-    --enable-xft
+        You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
+        *following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
+        you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
+        "--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
+        arguments you want.
+    --enable-xft (default: enabled)
         Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
         are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
         them, you don't pay for them.
-    --enable-font-styles
+    --enable-font-styles (default: on)
         Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
         fonts can be set manually or automatically.
-    --with-codesets=NAME,...
+    --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
-        Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn
+        Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
-        are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets).
+        "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
-        These codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core
+        sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
-        fonts, they are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will
+        they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
-        make your binary bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't
+        in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
-        increase memory usage unless you use an X11 font requiring one of
+        Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
-        these encodings.
+        about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
+        font requiring one of these encodings.
            all             all available codeset groups
            zh              common chinese encodings
            zh_ext          rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
            jp              common japanese encodings
            jp_ext          rarely used but big japanese encodings
            kr              korean encodings
-    --enable-xim
+    --enable-xim (default: on)
         Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
         alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
         up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
-    --enable-unicode3
+    --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
         Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
         (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
         per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
         extra characters, but Xft does.
         even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
         to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
         switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
         (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
-    --enable-combining
+    --enable-combining (default: on)
         Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
         characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
         accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
         using precomposited characters when available or creating new
         pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
         The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
         forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
         be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
-    --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
+    --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
-        When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
+        When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
-        (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use
+        To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
-        --disable-fallback.
-    --with-res-name=NAME
+    --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
-        Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
+        Use the given name as default application name when reading
-        reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
+        resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
-    --with-res-class=CLASS
+    --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
-        Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
+        Use the given class as default application class when reading
-        when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
+        resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
-        rxvt.
-    --enable-utmp
+    --enable-utmp (default: on)
         Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
         of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
-    --enable-wtmp
+    --enable-wtmp (default: on)
         Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
         start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
         option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
-    --enable-lastlog
+    --enable-lastlog (default: on)
         Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
         at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
         also be specified.
-    --enable-xpm-background
+    --enable-xpm-background (default: off)
         Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
-    --enable-transparency
+    --enable-transparency (default: off)
         Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
         transparency to the term.
-    --enable-fading
+    --enable-fading (default: on)
-        Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
+        Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
+        "--enable-transparency").
-    --enable-tinting
+    --enable-tinting (default: on)
-        Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
+        Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
+        "--enable-transparency").
-    --enable-menubar
+    --enable-menubar (default: off)
         Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
         dynamic locale switching currently).
-    --enable-rxvt-scroll
+    --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
         Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
-    --enable-next-scroll
+    --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
         Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
-    --enable-xterm-scroll
+    --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
         Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
-    --enable-plain-scroll
+    --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
         Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
         the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
         years.
-    --enable-half-shadow
+    --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
         Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
         only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
-    --enable-ttygid
+    --enable-ttygid (default: off)
         Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
         system uses this type of security.
     --disable-backspace-key
-        Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
+        Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
         do it.
     --disable-delete-key
-        Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
+        Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
         it.
     --disable-resources
-        Remove all resources checking.
+        Removes any support for resource checking.
     --enable-xgetdefault
         Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
         version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
         then ~/.Xresources.
         Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
         in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
         might be very small, if nonexistant.
-    --enable-strings
+    --enable-strings (default: off)
         Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
         various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
         been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
         in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
         systems).
     --disable-swapscreen
-        Remove support for swap screen.
+        Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
-    --enable-frills
+    --enable-frills (default: on)
         Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
         to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
         want to disable this.
         A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
           backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
           window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
           tripleclickwords
           settable insecure mode
           keysym remapping support
+          cursor blinking and underline cursor
-          -embed and -pty-fd options
+          -embed, -pty-fd and -hold options
-    --enable-iso14755
+    --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
         Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
         Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
         support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
-    --enable-keepscrolling
+    --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
         Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
         mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
-    --enable-mousewheel
+    --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
         Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
-    --enable-slipwheeling
+    --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
         Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
         accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
         requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
     --disable-new-selection
         Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
-    --enable-dmalloc
+    --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
         Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
         http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
         or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
         compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
         You can only use either this option and the following (should you
         use either) .
-    --enable-dlmalloc
+    --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
         Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
         <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
-    --enable-smart-resize
+    --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
-        Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from
+        Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
-        hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which
+        keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
-        is closest to a corner of the screen.
+        corner of the screen in a fixed position.
-    --enable-cursor-blink
-        Add support for a blinking cursor.
-    --enable-pointer-blank
+    --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
         Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
-    --with-name=NAME
+    --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
-        Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt",
+        Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
-        resulting in "urxvt", "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to
+        "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
-        replace with "rxvt".
-    --with-term=NAME
+    --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
-        Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
+        Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
-        "rxvt-unicode")
     --with-terminfo=PATH
         Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
         to PATH.

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